Meteor Elipscan Template

Hi Sarah,

you can easily make your own template in Congo for that device in some moments using the template editor:

DMX CHANNELS: 5
Channel 1 – PAN (170 degree axis)
Channel 2 – TILT (135 degree axis)
Channel 3 – MOTOR SPEED PAN
Channel 4 – MOTOR SPEED TILT
Channel 5 – RELAY

The full manual you can find here: theatre.uncg.edu/productres/Manuals/Elipscan%20Manual.pdf

Florian
 

Yes, however my problem is I can't get any of the templates I've tried to make work, so I was wondering if anyone already had one that had proven successful.

Afraid I don't have a template for this fixture, but looking at the fixture manual, there seem to be some slightly strange things about this fixture that might be causing your problem:

1. The speed channels (ch3 and ch4) default to the slowest speed, so in order to see any motion you probably want them set at maximum speed (DMX 249) as a default

2. When setting the DMX address on the fixture, you're actually setting the DMX address less one - so in order to set it to DMX 21, you actually set the DIP switches to DMX 20

3. It also sounds like the unit has a three pin DMX connector. If so, check your 3-5 pin DMX adapters are wired correctly and that the fixture is recieving DMX ok.

~Tom
 

I haven't tested this on a real Elipscan, but it is accurate to the manual.

Notes:

• The optional Relay is on the Strobe attribute, as it isn't really an intensity.
• The Pan and Tilt speeds are merged into a single Focus Speed attribute, as it is rare to programme these differently.
  

Thanks so much for this!  I think I see what I was doing wrong now.  I'll give it a try when I get back to work on Wed.

Thanks again.

Sarah 

Richard,

For some strange reason, the Pan did not work when the speeds were merged so I seperated them and now all is good.  I've attached the new template if anyone needs to use it.

Thanks again for your help.

Sarah